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Interview Question and Answer Do you have a flexible attitude to your working hours?

Interview questions are asked to uncover a particular skill, quality or experience from the interviewee. The reason why many job applicants fail during the job interview is because they don’t understand what it is the interviewer wants to hear.

In this article we have broke down what the interviewer is looking for in a perfect job interview answer and to help you create the perfect answer we have recorded an example answer

Interview Video Explaining How to Answer the Job Interview Question

Interview Question Do you have a flexible attitude to your working hours?

Employers ask this question when their work/duties often need employees to be flexible with their working hours; starting work early, finishing late or even working bank holidays, Christmas time or weekends. Unlike the overtime question, if this is a big part of the role, saying no to this question may have a negative reaction. 

Example Interview Answer

“Yes, I worked on a flexible pattern in my last role and enjoyed that you started and finished a different times each day”

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Interview Question and Answer Are you willing to work weekends/nights?

Employers ask this interview question “are you wiling to work weekends?” or “are you willing to work nights?” when the organisation needs a flexible workforce. They don’t have a shift pattern but when business demands require it they need staff to “muck in”

 

Interview Question Are you willing to work weekends/nights?

you need to be honest, if you can’t let them know, if you can then great, the employer would only ask this question is there is a possibility of weekend/night work. 

Example Interview Answer

“Yes, I am happy to work at weekends”

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Interview Question and Answer Are you willing to work overtime?

Interview Question: “Are you willing to work overtime?”

For certain job sectors and positions, the employer needs flexibility in regards to working hours. If you work in manual jobs or with customers who need tasks completing last minute, the employer will be looking to hire an interviewee who can work overtime. As the video below shows you need to be honest when answering the interview question “can you work overtime?”

In this article, we have broken down what the interviewer is looking for in a perfect job interview answer and to help you create the perfect answer we have recorded an example answer

Interview Question:

Are you willing to work overtime?

Explanation of the Question:

The employer only asks this question there is a large amount of overtime or the employer is having trouble getting their current staff to work overtime. You need to be honest if you are willing to work overtime make this clear by stating it with confidence. Remember the employer only asks this question if they have concerns about people only sticking to their contractual hours. 

Example Interview Answer

“Yes, I did a lot of overtime in my last company”  

Don’t put up any barriers or start to confuse the employer by saying

“I can work overtime on a Monday 6-8, Wednesday 8-9 etc..”

Keep it simple.   If you cannot, tell the employer this and give the reason why.

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How to Answer the Interview Question Do you have a flexible attitude to your working hours?

How to Answer the Interview Question Do you have a flexible attitude to your working hours?

Explanation of the Question:

Employers ask this question when their work/duties often need employees to be flexible with their working hours; starting work early, finishing late or even working bank holidays, Christmas time or weekends. Unlike the overtime question, if this is a big part of the role, saying no to this question may have a negative reaction.

Example Interview Answer

“Yes, I worked on a flexible pattern in my last role and enjoyed that you started and finished a different times each day”

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How to Answer the Interview Question Are you willing to work weekends/nights?

How to Answer the Interview Question Are you willing to work weekends/nights?

Explanation of the Question:

You need to be honest, if you can’t let them know, if you can then great, the employer would only ask this question is there is a possibility of weekend/night work.

Example Interview Answer

“Yes, I am happy to work at weekends. In my last two positions, we were needed to work weekends or overtime at very short noticed, so this is something I am use to”